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By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:30:22 +0000

Yet more comments. Keep ‘em coming!

The abs track seems to have divided opinion too and those who didn’t like it will be disappointed as 72 has similar chore with another decline plank and more reverse crunches.

We’re only a month away from release and I will, of course, post another review.

@lenka – congrats on passing the module and good luck with your video.
@mark – will see you next Aug/Sept all being well for a reunion of “The Lads”

By: mreeyore

mreeyore — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:09:20 +0000

We finally got our BP 71 launch in Ireland yesterday and I’ve gotta say your review was spot on – It’s a great workout but poor music selection, the warmup would put you asleep! Chest, Shoulders, Biceps & Triceps are all great tracks. Agree that the lunges could be difficult but a good instructor should be able to keep it safe, even cueing participants to miss reps to stay balanced, the group is always in their hands. Only dud track I felt was the abs which was very repetitive and lacked any rotational movement.

By: lenka

lenka — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:26:52 +0000

Hi I have just completed & I passed first BTS course – BP 71.
I found upper body challenging but loved the lunges! I absolutely loved the music ,simply I cant compare it yet with other release…..

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:21:35 +0000

I’ve just done BP71 and I’ll have to say I thought it was a refreshing change. Yes, the music at times is not the most motivating, but unlike you I really enjoyed the dynamic lunges; it was a bit difficult to keep one’s balance especially as the moves are pretty quick, but I found it rewarding.

Also, BP abs tracks can be somewhat tedious, and in this release it was nice to have a change.

By: Jocine

Jocine — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:35:50 +0000

Nice review, thank you for that! I did the release 71 last Friday. It was OK, except for the reverse crunches. My back didn’t really enjoy that. I ‘m afraid that the music will be a surprise everytime. Sober is not a relaxing song at the end. Since the song is a bit slower than usual, maybe it would have been better for the Chest.

By: François

François — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:46:14 +0000

I did this release 71 yesterday and I do think the program directors cannot please everyone.

The only songs I like is the warmup and back ones.

But what a strange choice with Pink for stretching time!
It looks like that we’re going for another BP class at the end of this song.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:50:16 +0000

Thanks for the ongoing comments guys.

It does seem that the music choice is the aspect that polarises opinion more than anything else about BP. I don’t envy the program directors one iota, as it must be nigh-on impossible to chose tracks that lend themselves to choreography while also being popular. Having said that we’ve had some real lemons recently. And don’t get me started on P!nk and E-Type.

By: Mohamed

Mohamed — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:11:39 +0000

Oops, I meant can’t not love the plank, haha

By: Mohamed

Mohamed — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:10:40 +0000

Hey, it’s a great review, I feel like I’ve already done the class lol! I can’t wait to do the class myself but that isn’t for another month and a half or so . I think the hardest song to choose for the PDs is warm-up, becuase they have failed to find one that is uplifting and gets students ready for quite some time. I’m excited for the squats, chest (I admit I like the song), and abs(hate the song, but can’t love the plank).